Sullivan v. Baptist Memorial Hospital

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that \communication among agents of the same corporation ... are not to be considered as statements communicated or publicized to third persons\
• noting that “communication among agents of the same corporation . . . are not to be considered as statements communicated or publicized to third persons”
• noting that a working environment fueled by a \no comment\ culture could result in the elimination of formal termination procedures, causing employees to be discharged prematurely without the opportunity to rebut an employer's accusations
• noting that a working environment fueled by a “no comment” culture could result in the elimination of formal termination procedures, causing employees to be discharged prematurely without the opportunity to rebut an employer’s accusations
• “the ‘majority of states addressing the issue do not recognize self-publication as constituting publication for defamation purposes, even when the publication is compelled in the employment setting’ ”
• “[T]he potential for defamation liability every time an employee is terminated would chill communications in the work place, preventing employers from disclosing reasons for their business decisions, and would negatively affect grievance procedures intended to benefit the discharged employee.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).